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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Miami Dolphins at Minnesota Vikings - September 16th, 1979
Miami Dolphins 27 at Minnesota Vikings 12
Sunday, September 16, 1979
Miami Dolphins 27, Minnesota Vikings 12| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (3-0-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 27 |
| Minnesota Vikings (1-2-0) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Scoring
| MIA | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Rick Danmeier 39 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | MIN | Rick Danmeier 44 yard field goal | 0 | 6 |
| MIN | Rick Danmeier 40 yard field goal | 0 | 9 | |
| MIA | Delvin Williams 3 yard rush (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 7 | 9 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Rick Danmeier 24 yard field goal | 7 | 12 |
| 4th | MIA | Larry Csonka 6 yard pass from Don Strock (kick failed) | 13 | 12 |
| MIA | Jimmy Cefalo 6 yard pass from Don Strock (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 20 | 12 | |
| MIA | Norm Bulaich 5 yard rush (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 27 | 12 |
Team Stats
| MIA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-136-2 | 28-137-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-22-186-2-2 | 14-25-117-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-3 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 183 | 106 |
| Total yards | 319 | 243 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-19 | 8-60 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 5 | 79 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 22 | 73 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hardy | MIA | 4 | 62 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Don Strock | MIA | 5 | 7 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 14 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 10 | 15 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rickey Young | MIN | 12 | 70 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 14 | 25 | 117 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 12 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 2 | 30 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Douglas Cunningham | MIN | 2 | 19 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Neal Colzie | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Kozlowski | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Nathan | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gerald Small | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Norris Thomas | MIA | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Matt Blair | MIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Nord | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Turner | MIN | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||